Example sentences of "[vb past] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bewitched you with her lying tales and slippery ways as well as my poor sister ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He beat you to it , did n't he ? ’ |
| 3 | She beat you to it . |
| 4 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 5 | You do you see things like that so tonight okay I helped you with sausages but you got most of it . |
| 6 | ‘ And this man you knew in your own world — the one who helped you with your stories . |
| 7 | Your father did the right thing by you did n't he , he helped you over the court case . |
| 8 | I even helped you to bed and did not demand to stay with you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
| 10 | When you went to the pictures you did n't want to be reminded of the problems that dogged you outside the cinema : jobs , children , money and so forth . |
| 11 | ‘ So if I invited you to my house you would not be upset by the simple food I would serve ? ’ |
| 12 | John , two years ago we invited you to and introduced you to the Chamber of Commons , among other places , as a modern trade union leader . |
| 13 | ‘ The authorities traced you to Frankfurt , sir , ’ interjected Adam . |
| 14 | Although , from time to time , some of our colleagues on the shop floor who ran into difficulties you know , er sometimes described you as a tool of management , er which was to say the least you know , er entirely untrue . |
| 15 | Then , just as I was convinced of your innocence , I discovered you 'd lied about your brother and I caught you with Rainald . |
| 16 | Anyway , Benguiat made up to him and gave him a big kiss and then the next day things got bad again because Parkinson was going to in room number two above this floor to sort out his slides and Benguiat had been in there and evidently he had just decided to tuck his shirt in and loosen his trousers and while he was tucking his shirt in Parkinson came in and says aha , caught you with your pants down , and Benguiat storms out of the room . |
| 17 | ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie . |
| 18 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 19 | He regarded you as an opponent whom he was determined to get the better of , in whichever way he could . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45 . |
| 21 | She never mentioned you in her letters . " |
| 22 | I mentioned you among the people she should contact , simply that . |
| 23 | Your lust for her knew no bounds and when this loyal woman spurned you for her husband of twenty years you wreaked a terrible revenge ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I understand that your wife divorced you in order to marry Riddle . ’ |
| 25 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 26 | I have drawn you in , and involved you in my own anger at my son 's disobedience . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't know Albie involved you in this . ’ |
| 28 | As concludes Marsillius Finicus , ‘ Live merrily , O my friends , free from cares , perplexity , anguish , grief of mind , live merrily , ( Heaven created you for mirth ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 30 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |